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No. 255,569. Patented Ma.1*.28,1882.

' UNIT D, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BAYLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO \VIEIITELEY, FASSLER &KELLY, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,569, dated March.28, 1882. Application filed OctoberS, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BAYLEY, of Springfield,Olarkecounty,Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Packers forHarvesting-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to grain -packers applied to harvesting-machineswhich are made I up of a series of mechanical movements, in

which, in the following order, the grain is cut and carried across anendless apron, and by the aid of an inclined or vertical elevator'and anintermediate deflector delivered to a binder in sufficient and regularquantities to insure sheaves of uniform size; and the object of myinvention is to provide a series of revolving rake-teeth which take upthe grain as it leaves the inclined or vertical elevator and carry it toand compress it against the aforesaid deflector in a suitable manner tocause the binding ma: chinery of which said deflector forms a part to beautomatically set in motion at regular or irregular intervals, accordingto the evenness or unevenness of the crop of grain theharvesting-machine is operatingupon, and by means of a system ofstationary cams and levers which revolve with the rake-teeth of thepacker and of a sheet-metal drum that surrounds and protects theaforesaid cams and levers permits the rake-teeth to freely leave'thegrain at the desired point and without a probability of the clogging ofthe moving parts.

While it is my intention to apply this my invention toharvesting-machines in which the cutting of the grain is a part of theoperation of such machine, yet itis obvious that itmay be applied to acombined gleaning and binding machine operating subsequently to thecutting of the grain; and my invention consists in a ct'imbination ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described.

-In order to elucidate the nature of my invention, I have represent-edin the accompanying drawingsaportion of an inclined elevator formingpart of an ordinary harvester or gleaner and a partial sectionalelevation of a binding apparatus attached thereto, with my inventionshown as thereto attached, so as to clearly illustrate the relativepositions of each. (See Figure 1.)

ciall y to Fig. 1 thereof, that the separate parts of theharvesting-machine have been divided and designated by conspicuousnumerals marked thereon,the numeral 1 indicating the location of thepartial view of the inclined ele-- vator, the numeral 2 indicatingthelocation of my improved grain-packer, and the numeral 3 indicating thelocation of the binding apparatus.

The operations of harvesters, gleaners, and

grain-binders are so well and familiarly understood that it would be'superfluous for me to now describe them. I will therefore confine myselfto a full description of my improved grain-packer and its application toa combined harvester and binder or gleaner and binder, and a briefdescription and reference by letters to the well-known parts of thebinder is represented in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, in whicheis a supportingi'rame with aslot formed therein for the limited travelof the friction -roller m, which, with the aid of the rocking-strap i,confines and actuates the divider-arm h, so that it at given intervalsremoves the sufliciently-aceumulated grain from the table a, between thepacker 2 and deflector c, and conveys it to the combined compressor,binder, and knotter 3, which is composed of the following principalparts: 1', half of compressor q, the other half of compressor andbinder-arm; p, cutter and griper, and t the knotter. As the grain isbeing discharged from the elevator 1 in the direction indicated by thatarrow located between the traveling endless aprons b b, the packer 2, bymeans of the rake-teeth f, revolving in the direction indicated by thesemicircular arrow located be- IOC tween the elevator and packer, andthrough the aid of the shield y, continues the grain in its desiredcourse, and both delivers and packs it against the deflector 0, movingsaid deflector sufficiently to automatically start the dividerarm, andwith it the binding apparatus, which has been previously very brieflydescribed,but which Ideem sufficiently clear for this purpose.

Description of grain-packen-The main shaft S is actuated by gear-wheelsconnecting with the harvester, and revolves upon journals situated in oron the frame of the said harvester. The brackets P are rigidly attachedto the shaft S, and support and provide journals for the rake-shafts a,which are provided at suitable distances along their length with curvedrake-teeth f, screwed into or otherwise securely fastened to the shaftsa, and the raketeethf, shafts S a, and brackets P are protected by aseries of sheet-metal covers, E, which are set at sufficient distancesapart to allow the raketeeth to traverse between them. Each of therake-shafts a is provided at one of its ends with a lever, gn, oneextremity of which is provided with a friction-roller, 1", arranged toride over the cam O, the cams O and O and levers g n being incased, andthe former-the cams-rigidly attached to the metallic cover 0.

Having thus described the component parts of my improved grain -packer,I will now describe its mode of operation.

The shaft S, being put in motion by the gearwheel W, revolves in thedirection indicated by the curved arrow shown in Fig. 1 of drawings, andthrough the rigidly-attached brackets P the shafts a rotate with it; andwhen the parts a of levers g n engage with cam 0 they and the rake-teethf are forced into the posij tions indicated in Fig. 4 of theaccompanying drawings, in which position they are ready to take hold ofthe grain delivered from the elevator b b, and by the interposition ofthe cam C and rollers r they are retained in that desirable positionuntil the grain has been deliv- I ered in front of and packed againstthe deflector c, at which time the cam O releases the roller 1", andwith it, of course, the lever g n and rakesf, which assume the positionindicated by f, Fig. 2 of drawings, leaving the grain very freely and aseasily as could be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined harvester and binder, a rotating grain-packer providedwith shafts at, having partial revolutions in hearings in the revolvingbrackets P, and provided with raketeethf, and levers g n, operated bythe stationary cam 0, combined with the slotted inclosin g-case E,unitedat its back to and supported by the table a, and the deflector. 0,whereby the operative mechanism is set in motion, the gatherer h, band-carrier, and compressor q, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined harvester and binder, a rotating grain-packer providedwith shafts a, levers g n, and cams (3 and O, in combination withinclo'sing-case 0, whereby the cams and levers are covered andprotected, as and for the' purpose set forth.

3. In a combined harvester and hinder or combined gleaner and binder, arotating grainpacker having shafts a and S and levers g a, combined withcams G and 0", attached to the inner surface of the inclosing-case O,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto placed my hand this 24th day ofSeptember, 1880.

WILLIAM BAYLEY.

